The Best Beauty Buys of the Year

All year long, new makeup, skin care, and hair stylers pour into our office. So how in the world do we narrow it down to the absolute top performers? We recruit 24 prestigious beauty experts, throw a crazy testing party, and send them home with even more stuff to try. The results are the 43 best beauty products here. Lots are under $20, but they're all a bargain, because they work.

Makeup: Best foundation

Makeup: Best foundation

Dubroff used this sheer foundation on herself and her star clients: "It has the most natural coverage with a glowy finish, and it's not streaky when you put it on." Makeup artist Gita Bass liked how "the dropper dispensed just the right amount."